MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 3rd grade kid in a class that was sent home. A classmate complained of a headache and got sent home. The whole class was instructed to isolate. The kid with a headache got a negative covid test so the class is allowed to return on Wednesday (Tuesday is a no school day). I think it’s too much. Kids shouldn’t be forced to isolate for symptoms only.

Without regular testing, that's the only way to do it.

FFS. No it is NOT. Send the sick kid home only. There is no reason to send hundreds of healthy kids home. None. Look at how every other school district in the world is handling this.

Yes but MoCo is so so much smarter than everyone else:

I know and I'm so glad I live in a place that is run by responsible people safe guarding our children.

Or maybe does children unnecessary harm. People have been asked to do a lot of draconian things without much if any evidence that that the draconian thing has better outcomes or doesn’t result in harm compared to alternatives. Parents need to start questioning these policies.

Really sad how some of you don’t care about keeping your kids safe.

Really sad that you can’t see the damage that forcing kids to stay home and miss school when someone has a headache and no a covid diagnosis can cause.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 3rd grade kid in a class that was sent home. A classmate complained of a headache and got sent home. The whole class was instructed to isolate. The kid with a headache got a negative covid test so the class is allowed to return on Wednesday (Tuesday is a no school day). I think it’s too much. Kids shouldn’t be forced to isolate for symptoms only.

Without regular testing, that's the only way to do it.

FFS. No it is NOT. Send the sick kid home only. There is no reason to send hundreds of healthy kids home. None. Look at how every other school district in the world is handling this.

Yes but MoCo is so so much smarter than everyone else:

I know and I'm so glad I live in a place that is run by responsible people safe guarding our children.

Or maybe does children unnecessary harm. People have been asked to do a lot of draconian things without much if any evidence that that the draconian thing has better outcomes or doesn’t result in harm compared to alternatives. Parents need to start questioning these policies.

Really sad how some of you don’t care about keeping your kids safe.

Really sad that you can’t see the damage that forcing kids to stay home and miss school when someone has a headache and no a covid diagnosis can cause.

DP. She just doesn't give a flying f--k about education. Probably has a trust fund for Larlo who'd enroll in a third-rate college and will sit on his butt at the Daddy's firm forever.
But at least he'll be 'safe' - unless he'll start popping pills out of sheer boredom but that's another issue.

Some of you are so painfully dimwitted and provincial it's mind blowing...

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 3rd grade kid in a class that was sent home. A classmate complained of a headache and got sent home. The whole class was instructed to isolate. The kid with a headache got a negative covid test so the class is allowed to return on Wednesday (Tuesday is a no school day). I think it’s too much. Kids shouldn’t be forced to isolate for symptoms only.

Without regular testing, that's the only way to do it.

FFS. No it is NOT. Send the sick kid home only. There is no reason to send hundreds of healthy kids home. None. Look at how every other school district in the world is handling this.

Yes but MoCo is so so much smarter than everyone else:

I know and I'm so glad I live in a place that is run by responsible people safe guarding our children.

Or maybe does children unnecessary harm. People have been asked to do a lot of draconian things without much if any evidence that that the draconian thing has better outcomes or doesn’t result in harm compared to alternatives. Parents need to start questioning these policies.

Really sad how some of you don’t care about keeping your kids safe.

Really sad that you can’t see the damage that forcing kids to stay home and miss school when someone has a headache and no a covid diagnosis can cause.

DP. She just doesn't give a flying f--k about education. Probably has a trust fund for Larlo who'd enroll in a third-rate college and will sit on his butt at the Daddy's firm forever.
But at least he'll be 'safe' - unless he'll start popping pills out of sheer boredom but that's another issue.

Some of you are so painfully dimwitted and provincial it's mind blowing...

This is how you justify your poor behavior. Your kids need to be in person as you expect the school to parent them.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

K94 are not regulated. Get n95.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 3rd grade kid in a class that was sent home. A classmate complained of a headache and got sent home. The whole class was instructed to isolate. The kid with a headache got a negative covid test so the class is allowed to return on Wednesday (Tuesday is a no school day). I think it’s too much. Kids shouldn’t be forced to isolate for symptoms only.

Without regular testing, that's the only way to do it.

FFS. No it is NOT. Send the sick kid home only. There is no reason to send hundreds of healthy kids home. None. Look at how every other school district in the world is handling this.

Yes but MoCo is so so much smarter than everyone else:

I know and I'm so glad I live in a place that is run by responsible people safe guarding our children.

Or maybe does children unnecessary harm. People have been asked to do a lot of draconian things without much if any evidence that that the draconian thing has better outcomes or doesn’t result in harm compared to alternatives. Parents need to start questioning these policies.

Really sad how some of you don’t care about keeping your kids safe.

Really sad that you can’t see the damage that forcing kids to stay home and miss school when someone has a headache and no a covid diagnosis can cause.

My kids are responsible and choose to stay home. They get why and reading the posts here they made a good choice. It’s not just a headache. Be real. This is why we need mandatory twice weekly testing. Mine will go back when mcps handles things responsibly since parents cannot self regulate.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

You honestly think they will send a while class home because a kid coughs once or twice? There is so much exaggeration on this thread. Maybe you guys have your kids at schools run by complete nutters, but at our school, the nurse, principal, assistant principal and teachers are pretty darn reasonable. You act like this will be a witch hunt. Schools won't want to deal with this either for kids who don't actually seem sick. I'm guessing they'll apply good ole fashion common sense, just like most of us do in our jobs every day. A kid coughs because their milk goes down wrong? No problem. A kid coughs constantly and seems like they are actually sick, yeah, might be a problem. A kid has a minor sore throat? No one will know! A kid is in such pain they tell their teacher and go to the nurse, then yes, that may trigger the quarantine (and I'm guessing this doesn't actually happen much by the way). Your kid has a minor squirt in his underwear? No one will know! Major diarrhea, then yeah, people will know and that will trigger the policy. History of migraines that require trips to the nurse? Get a doctor note and work with the school (also probably rare, especially in elementary). Fever, no brainer. Vomiting, no brainer.

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My kid sometimes throws up in the morning due to a combination of anxiety and reflux. We've discussed with a doctor. This is never a result of being sick so we never keep them at home for it. Has never once happened at school.

After seeing the new policy, we told them to never ever mention that they threw up in the morning to anyone at school.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

K94 are not regulated. Get n95.

N95 are not available to general public. KN95s are, and they have huge counterfeit problems. KF94s are better regulated by Koreans than KN95s are by Chinese. And KF94s come in kids’ sizes and are more adjustable.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 3rd grade kid in a class that was sent home. A classmate complained of a headache and got sent home. The whole class was instructed to isolate. The kid with a headache got a negative covid test so the class is allowed to return on Wednesday (Tuesday is a no school day). I think it’s too much. Kids shouldn’t be forced to isolate for symptoms only.

Without regular testing, that's the only way to do it.

FFS. No it is NOT. Send the sick kid home only. There is no reason to send hundreds of healthy kids home. None. Look at how every other school district in the world is handling this.

Yes but MoCo is so so much smarter than everyone else:

I know and I'm so glad I live in a place that is run by responsible people safe guarding our children.

Or maybe does children unnecessary harm. People have been asked to do a lot of draconian things without much if any evidence that that the draconian thing has better outcomes or doesn’t result in harm compared to alternatives. Parents need to start questioning these policies.

Really sad how some of you don’t care about keeping your kids safe.

Really sad that you can’t see the damage that forcing kids to stay home and miss school when someone has a headache and no a covid diagnosis can cause.

My kids are responsible and choose to stay home. They get why and reading the posts here they made a good choice. It’s not just a headache. Be real. This is why we need mandatory twice weekly testing. Mine will go back when mcps handles things responsibly since parents cannot self regulate.

Glad that works for you and that you can support online learning. DPR many; many other kids, that is terrible, as the learning losses of the pandemic have shown.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

You honestly think they will send a while class home because a kid coughs once or twice? There is so much exaggeration on this thread. Maybe you guys have your kids at schools run by complete nutters, but at our school, the nurse, principal, assistant principal and teachers are pretty darn reasonable. You act like this will be a witch hunt. Schools won't want to deal with this either for kids who don't actually seem sick. I'm guessing they'll apply good ole fashion common sense, just like most of us do in our jobs every day. A kid coughs because their milk goes down wrong? No problem. A kid coughs constantly and seems like they are actually sick, yeah, might be a problem. A kid has a minor sore throat? No one will know! A kid is in such pain they tell their teacher and go to the nurse, then yes, that may trigger the quarantine (and I'm guessing this doesn't actually happen much by the way). Your kid has a minor squirt in his underwear? No one will know! Major diarrhea, then yeah, people will know and that will trigger the policy. History of migraines that require trips to the nurse? Get a doctor note and work with the school (also probably rare, especially in elementary). Fever, no brainer. Vomiting, no brainer.

At our school, the principal is certifiably crazy, the AP useless, and I have no idea about the nurse. But I have absolutely no faith they will do this properly. And why is MCPS setting standards of its own? Why can’t it follow the CDC and state guidance?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid sometimes throws up in the morning due to a combination of anxiety and reflux. We've discussed with a doctor. This is never a result of being sick so we never keep them at home for it. Has never once happened at school.

After seeing the new policy, we told them to never ever mention that they threw up in the morning to anyone at school.

I was thinking about something similar. Lunch was so late in the day that I would regularly puke toward the end of track practice. Would that sort of thing get the team quarantined?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

You honestly think they will send a while class home because a kid coughs once or twice? There is so much exaggeration on this thread. Maybe you guys have your kids at schools run by complete nutters, but at our school, the nurse, principal, assistant principal and teachers are pretty darn reasonable. You act like this will be a witch hunt. Schools won't want to deal with this either for kids who don't actually seem sick. I'm guessing they'll apply good ole fashion common sense, just like most of us do in our jobs every day. A kid coughs because their milk goes down wrong? No problem. A kid coughs constantly and seems like they are actually sick, yeah, might be a problem. A kid has a minor sore throat? No one will know! A kid is in such pain they tell their teacher and go to the nurse, then yes, that may trigger the quarantine (and I'm guessing this doesn't actually happen much by the way). Your kid has a minor squirt in his underwear? No one will know! Major diarrhea, then yeah, people will know and that will trigger the policy. History of migraines that require trips to the nurse? Get a doctor note and work with the school (also probably rare, especially in elementary). Fever, no brainer. Vomiting, no brainer.

This all sounds great but my daughter was quarantined Friday based on one kid with a headache. To be fair, I wouldn’t have believed it either. But it’s real. The principals and nurses have to follow the policy or they could be in trouble. And that’s what the policy says.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school.

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way.

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already, before this came out. You’re just using this as an excuse. And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support. Give me a break.

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now.

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS. Good job.

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone.

You honestly think they will send a while class home because a kid coughs once or twice? There is so much exaggeration on this thread. Maybe you guys have your kids at schools run by complete nutters, but at our school, the nurse, principal, assistant principal and teachers are pretty darn reasonable. You act like this will be a witch hunt. Schools won't want to deal with this either for kids who don't actually seem sick. I'm guessing they'll apply good ole fashion common sense, just like most of us do in our jobs every day. A kid coughs because their milk goes down wrong? No problem. A kid coughs constantly and seems like they are actually sick, yeah, might be a problem. A kid has a minor sore throat? No one will know! A kid is in such pain they tell their teacher and go to the nurse, then yes, that may trigger the quarantine (and I'm guessing this doesn't actually happen much by the way). Your kid has a minor squirt in his underwear? No one will know! Major diarrhea, then yeah, people will know and that will trigger the policy. History of migraines that require trips to the nurse? Get a doctor note and work with the school (also probably rare, especially in elementary). Fever, no brainer. Vomiting, no brainer.

Um, yes. Numerous classes across MCPS were sent home last last week. Some of you are so naive. School nurses and principals are not equipped to deal with their hundreds/thousands of students chronic headaches, allergies, or diarrhea because food went down wrong. It's not what they do and they aren't being given guidance on top of that. School nurses neither manage, oversee nor diagnose chronic health issues. I've been lectured on so many erroneous things or left work and called into school for things I've already explained to them, pre-COVID let alone during COVID.

- parent of kids in several schools and dealt with many nurses who don't get my kids' health issues. This is W cluster schools.